Veteran writer-producer Larry Gelbart ("M*A*S*H") envisions a general raising of the intellectual bar. "I think there'll be a slow awakening or reawakening of the fact that it's OK to speak in complete sentences," he said, also noting: "He has young kids, and they have to be keeping up with the culture. He knows the songs they know. He knows the performers. They have lively curiosities, and I think we will see jazz musicians in the East Room and classical musicians other than Condoleezza Rice."

Gelbart added that this horizon broadening should extend to an increased diversity in the culture. "I think we're going to discover a pool of African-American talent of all kinds, and they may crack the racial ceiling that exists still as always here," he said. "I do definitely think this is kind of a new age."

Mr. Obama goes to Hollywood What impact will the new president have on entertainment?
By Mark Caro | Tribune reporter January 4, 2009
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/arts/chi-obamawood2-cover-0104jan04,0,610671.story

While the rest of the country was paying tribute to our beloved former president, Hollywood stars were turning up at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills to watch Michael Moore’s latest flight of fancy.

A Who’s Who of Hollywood libs flocked to a special screening of Moore’s upcoming celluloid rant called “Fahrenheit 9/11.”

Apparently, two screenings of the documentary had to be arranged to satisfy the paranoid palate of the Hollywood elite. Viewers included Martin Sheen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jodie Foster, Ellen DeGeneres, David Duchovny, Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Mark Wahlberg, Drew Barrymore, Chris Rock, Danny DeVito, Rhea Pearlman, Jack Black, Matthew Perry, Josh Brolin, Diane Lane, Marisa Tomei, Billy Crystal, Larry David, Rob Reiner, Aaron Sorkin, Larry Gelbart, Brett Ratner, Tom Hayden, Arianna Huffington, Spike Jonze, Kelly Lynch, Bill Maher, Camryn Manheim, Viggo Mortensen and Leelee Sobieski.

Moore Love from Hollywood
James Hirsen, NewsMax.com Tuesday, June 15, 2004
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/6/15/112740.shtml

War talk in Washington is alarming and unnecessary.

We are patriotic Americans who share the belief that Saddam Hussein cannot be allowed to possess weapons of mass destruction. We support rigorous United Nations weapons inspections to assure Iraq’s effective disarmament.

However, a preemptive military invasion of Iraq will harm American national interests . Such a war will increase human suffering, arouse animosity tow a rd our country, increase the likelihood of terrorist attacks, damage the economy, and undermine our moral standing in the world. It will make us less, not more, secure .

We reject the doctrine—a reversal of long-held American tradition—that our country, alone, has the right to launch first-strike attacks.

The valid U.S. and U.N. objective of disarming Saddam Hussein can be achieved through legal diplomatic means. There is no need for war. Let us instead devote our resources to i m p roving the security and well-being of people here at home and around the world.

Signed , Artists United to Win Without Wa r

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